12 Best middle grade books like Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin

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Breaking Stalin's Nose

By: Eugene Yelchin

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet You…

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1. The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam (Harper Trophy Book)

By: Huynh Quang Nhuong , Vo-Dinh Mai , Quang Nhuong Huynh

3.77

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of th… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
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2. Red Sand Blue Sky

By: Cathy Applegate

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

At the center of Australia is a vast red desert known as the Outback. For twelve-year-old Amy from … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Habibi

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

By: Margarita Engle

3.95

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rou… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Hatred must be a hard thing to learn."

-Margarita Engle, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

"Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!"

-Margarita Engle, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

"Can it be true that freedom only exists when it is a treasure, shared by all?"

-Margarita Engle, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

"If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our minds left behind in battle."

-Margarita Engle, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

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5. Homesick: My Own Story

By: Margot Tomes , Jean Fritz

3.86

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz's award-winning account of her life in China, an… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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6. Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

By: Barbara Cohen , None

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different. Buran cannot--Buran will not--sit quiet… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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7. Call It Courage

By: Armstrong Sperry

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Med… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Breaking Stalin's Nose

By: Eugene Yelchin

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet You… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Yelchin's Breaking Stalin's Nose book and Eugene Yelchin's Breaking Stalin's Nose

  • russia
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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9. The Kite Fighters

By: Linda Sue Park , Eung Won Park

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In Seoul, Korea, in 1473, Young-sup and his older brother Kee-sup are excited about the New Year ki… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolutio… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
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11. William Carey: Obliged to Go

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Christian Heroes: Then & Now have set a new standard of quality in Christian biography. These thri… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
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12. The Big Wave

By: Pearl S. Buck

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing villa… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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13. Heart of a Samurai

By: Margi Preus

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A 2011 Newbery Honor BookIn 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a … read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Born in the Year of Courage

By: Emily Crofford

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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15. The Cat Who Went to Heaven

By: Lynd Ward , Elizabeth Coatsworth

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist, and, by humility … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

16. A Beautiful Lie

By: Irfan Master

4.23

Format: 166 pages,

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the ba… read more

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17. Rickshaw Girl

By: Mitali Perkins , Jamie Hogan

2.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naima excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to hel… read more

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18. The Good Master

By: Kate Seredy

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his fath… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

19. Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story

By: Eric Velásquez , Beverley Naidoo

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

If only Mma was here, Naledi wished over and over. . . Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far fr… read more

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20. Shadow Spinner

By: Susan Fletcher

4.00

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

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21. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

By: Diane Lee Wilson

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Born on the Mongolian steppes during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna's future seems decided when, a… read more

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22. Daughter of the Mountains

By: Kurt Wiese , None

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier--a dog like the ones the Buddhist priests hold sacred in the… read more

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23. Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

By: Richard J. Maybury

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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24. The Master Puppeteer

By: Katherine Paterson , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who is the man called Sabura, the mysterious bandit who robs the rich and helps the poor? And what … read more

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25. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

By: Ronald Himler , Eleanor Coerr

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the d… read more

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26. Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor

By: None , None

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Serving the Poorest of the Poor Agnes and her family lived in Macedonia in eastern Europe. Agnes ea… read more

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27. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

By: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis , William Low

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A classic Newbery Award winner, with an introduction by Katherine Paterson and new illustrations Wh… read more

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28. Mary Slessor: Forward Into Calabar

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

3.79

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love am… read more

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29. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Living Water in the Desert: True Stories of God at Work in Iran (Hidden Heroes)

By: Rebecca Davis

4.08

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

More Muslims in Iran have come to faith in Christ in the last thirty years than in the thirteen hun… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
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31. Ali and the Golden Eagle

By: Wayne Grover

3.78

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

When Wayne captures a baby golden eagle for his friend Ali, a young shepherd from the village of Ez… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

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Red Sand Blue Sky

Cathy Applegate

3.63

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Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

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The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle

3.95

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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

Barbara Cohen , None

4.12

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Sing Down the Moon

Scott O'Dell

3.76

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

4.18

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Rascal

John Schoenherr , Sterling North

3.91

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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

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